Confluence freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.
Demand, rates and trends for Confluence – calculated from 551 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.
- Listings (90 d)
- 551
- Rank 13 of 531 skills
- Trend (90 d)
- ▼ 1 %
- Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
- Of which must-have
- 4 %
- Rated for 551 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
- Median hourly rate
- €80
- 40 data points, incl. converted salaries
- Remote possible
- 90 %
- 23 % fully remote · stated in 92 % of postings
In demand and stable.
Confluence is among the most in-demand skills, at rank 13 of 531. Its market share is stable (▼ 1 %).
What is Confluence – and why do companies hire Confluence freelancers?
Confluence is a collaboration platform designed for creating, managing, and sharing documents and knowledge bases. The tool enables teams to store content centrally, organize it, and make it accessible across various projects. Confluence is commonly used for documenting processes, creating project plans, gathering requirements, and managing organizational policies. The platform provides features such as page hierarchies, templates, version control, and permission management, which enable structured information management.
Organizations seek professionals with Confluence expertise primarily for setting up and managing documentation systems, creating knowledge bases, and migrating content from other systems. Typical tasks include designing page structures, configuring permissions, developing documentation standards, and training employees in platform usage. Particularly when combined with Jira Administration, Confluence is frequently deployed in agile project environments to integrate documentation and project management.
The postings that mention Confluence fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):
Typical roles
The roles hired most often are Project Manager (24 %), Business Analyst (18 %), QA Engineer (9 %) and Backend Developer (9 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 60 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.
Demand over the last 12 weeks
new listings per weekWeekly postings for Confluence are rising: from an average of 34 to 61 per week (+78 %).
What do Confluence freelancers earn?
The median is €80 per hour. The middle 50 % of all figures lie between €73 and €94.
| Segment | Median | Middle 50 % | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| All figures | €80 | €73–94 | 40 |
| Senior | – | not enough data | 28 |
| Mid-level | – | not enough data | 10 |
| Junior | – | not enough data | 1 |
| Fully remote | – | not enough data | 6 |
| Partly remote | €86 | €73–94 | 32 |
| On site | – | not enough data | 2 |
Basis: 40 figures of the last 90 days – 34 hourly rates from postings and 6 converted annual salaries from job ads (salary ÷ 1,000). We do not show segments with fewer than 30 data points. Figures in CHF are not included.
Which skills Confluence is wanted with – and which ones pay off
Jira appears in 92 % of Confluence postings.
Often named together
Jira92 %(opens in new tab)Scrum32 %(opens in new tab)Stakeholder Management22 %(opens in new tab)Agile Methods18 %(opens in new tab)Project Management17 %(opens in new tab)SAFe16 %(opens in new tab)Git16 %(opens in new tab)Kanban16 %(opens in new tab)Share of Confluence postings that also name the skill.Who wants Confluence – and under which conditions
Seniority
Senior dominates (60 %). Pure junior roles are rare (5 %).
Stated in 99 % of listings
Industries
it_software grows the most (+6 % vs. the previous quarter).
Stated in 75 % of listings
Contract type
Freelance dominates (77 %).
Stated in 100 % of listings
Workplace
Partly remote dominates (67 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 23 % of postings.
Stated in 92 % of listings
Regions (on site)
Nürnberg grows the most (+5 % vs. the previous quarter).
Stated in 70 % of listings
Project language
German dominates (95 %).
Stated in 100 % of listings
Market dynamics: how contested is Confluence?
Who posts Confluence projects
Current Confluence projects
- Do you fit? CheckMünchen · 50 % remote · 01.11.2026
- Do you fit? Check
- Do you fit? CheckMünchen · 60 % remote · 18 months · Januar 2027
- Do you fit? CheckNürnberg · 80 % remote · 01.11.2026
- Do you fit? CheckKöln · 50 % remote
- Do you fit? CheckLondon - - United Kingdom · fully remote · ASAP
Frequently asked questions about Confluence freelancing
How much does a Confluence freelancer earn per hour?
The median is currently €80 per hour, with the middle 50 % between €73 and €94.
How many Confluence projects are there right now?
In the last 90 days, 551 projects and jobs mentioning Confluence were posted. That is around 43 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 1 % compared with the previous quarter.
Is Confluence still in demand for freelancers?
Confluence ranks 13 of 531 skills.
Are Confluence projects possible remotely?
90 % of Confluence postings allow remote work. 23 % are fully remote.
Which skills should I learn as a Confluence freelancer?
Jira (92 %), Scrum (32 %) and Stakeholder Management (22 %) are most often required together with Confluence. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.
Who posts Confluence projects?
The 6 most active recruiters account for 44 % of all Confluence postings of the last 90 days.
Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Confluence. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Hourly rates come from postings and from annual salaries in job ads that we convert into hourly rates (salary ÷ 1,000); we state the basis for each analysis. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. The description of the skill is created automatically (from our skill directory or by AI) and checked by machine: no numbers, no company names, only the skill and its neighbours in the taxonomy. Texts are created and checked automatically, numbers come from the postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.
Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window
You now know the Confluence market.
Now let the jury judge your profile.
Your CV against 551 Confluence listings – with findings, strengths and an hourly-rate check.